"Thomas de Groot" <t.d### [at] internlDOTnet> wrote:
> This is an ugly image. Never mind. There are a couple of puzzling features.
>
> I used here Janet's hair maps, uv-scaled x500 along u, and on fairly wide
> ribbons (default Poseray values). Other values might give better results of
> course.
>
> Puzzling feature 1: The background shines through the figure! Not only the
> hair but also the underlying skin. I had noticed this in a much earlier
> experiment but forgot about it.
>
> Puzzling feature 2: the transparency at the hair tips casts shadows on the
> underlying skin.

I'd be curious to see this rendered without any uv scaling.

> Additional comment: I am still not sure about the usefulness of the ribbon
> roots. They are detached from the hair proper. Why not grow the hair
> directly from the line origin?

I don't understand the point of the root material either. It just assigns
the first face a new material. The ribbons still start at the same spot
with or without it.

Janet

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